Dataville

Dataville is a visual novel set in a dystopian present where large companies rely on the unseen, underpaid labor of gig workers to train massive AI models. As the world faces a new refugee crisis, from outer space, you play as a newly-hired data labeler at one of those companies. The choices you make inform how the AI behaves, which in turn shapes the world. Even the smallest player in this pipeline can make a difference. Will you foment revolution? Strive for equality? Rise the corporate ranks?

The world is your oyster,but first, a more pressing concern: you have to make rent.

Note: This is an alpha build of the game, so unforeseen errors may occur. If you encounter a bug or have comments for us, feel free to leave them on this page or fill out our bug report form.

Dataville was developed by Brent Bailey, Arnab Chakravarty, Henry Baum, Lifei Wang, and Ian McNeely, with support from a Mozilla Creative Media Award.